Karen Casselman
Lesson Plan 2 – Digital StoryTelling
INTC 5320
February 9, 2010
OBJECTIVE: Student will be able to research famous female mathematicians in celebration of
women’s history month. Students will be able to present the data and information gathered about female mathematicians and the implications of their contributions. Students will be able to utilize a Digital Storytelling tool to share their knowledge in a short presentation.
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS: Students will understand that the history of mathematicians unfolds the story of man's struggle to explain the quantitative aspects of the world in which he lives. Students will understand that women throughout history have not only furthered our exploration of mathematics, but the struggle of women for equality.
DO NOW: Selected Questions taken from Spiral Review, Open Ended Test Prep and Logical Thinking. Students will continue to discuss how the mathematics we use today has come to be.
ACTIVITIES: Students in groups of two will assemble and organize the data and facts that they have gathered in their research of their female mathematician. Their information must be shared with the class using a flip camera and either the Mac platform with iMovie or with the Windows platform with Movie Maker. The students must share the following information about their mathematician including: Date of Birth, Country of Origin, Early Life, Family Life, Education, Contributions to Mathematics (including theory if applicable), Publications, Death. Students can create slides of the information to use as part of their digital story.
Technology is used for the presentation of the digital story. References for where information was obtained must be recorded.
GUIDED PRACTICE: The teacher will demonstrate how to use the flip camera and iMovie as well as Movie Maker to record a few quick facts about Pythagoras that were collected during a previous lesson using the generic Google site. A few students will demonstrate the tools with Pythagoras information as well to practice.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Students will work in pairs to complete the digital stories to share research on their mathematician.
Lesson Plan 2 – Digital StoryTelling
INTC 5320
February 9, 2010
OBJECTIVE: Student will be able to research famous female mathematicians in celebration of
women’s history month. Students will be able to present the data and information gathered about female mathematicians and the implications of their contributions. Students will be able to utilize a Digital Storytelling tool to share their knowledge in a short presentation.
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS: Students will understand that the history of mathematicians unfolds the story of man's struggle to explain the quantitative aspects of the world in which he lives. Students will understand that women throughout history have not only furthered our exploration of mathematics, but the struggle of women for equality.
DO NOW: Selected Questions taken from Spiral Review, Open Ended Test Prep and Logical Thinking. Students will continue to discuss how the mathematics we use today has come to be.
ACTIVITIES: Students in groups of two will assemble and organize the data and facts that they have gathered in their research of their female mathematician. Their information must be shared with the class using a flip camera and either the Mac platform with iMovie or with the Windows platform with Movie Maker. The students must share the following information about their mathematician including: Date of Birth, Country of Origin, Early Life, Family Life, Education, Contributions to Mathematics (including theory if applicable), Publications, Death. Students can create slides of the information to use as part of their digital story.
Technology is used for the presentation of the digital story. References for where information was obtained must be recorded.
GUIDED PRACTICE: The teacher will demonstrate how to use the flip camera and iMovie as well as Movie Maker to record a few quick facts about Pythagoras that were collected during a previous lesson using the generic Google site. A few students will demonstrate the tools with Pythagoras information as well to practice.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Students will work in pairs to complete the digital stories to share research on their mathematician.
STANDARDS: Social Studies: 6.2 C-D
Technology: 8.1 A-F, 8.2 A-G
Mathematics: (dependent upon Mathematician chosen)
4.1 A-C, 4.2 A-E, 4.3 A-D, 4.4 A-D, 4.5 A-F